Mountain View, California is a medium size city with 74,646 people. It features just 3 nursing homes, which doesn't provide you with too many options to choose from. With a city grade of B, this city's nursing homes turned out to be good options. By way of comparison, we awarded the nursing homes in the nearby city of Milpitas a city grade of F, which is a far below average grade. Clearly, we found the nursing homes in Mountain View to be in a totally different league than the ones in Milpitas. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
One of the reasons this city performed well overall is that many of its facilities fared well in the area of government inspections with a B+. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. The city also excelled in the category of health nursing with a B. Lastly, this place received middle of the pack grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas.